Research Data Analyst

🔍School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States 📁Research 📅Feb 19, 2026 Post Date 📅108267 Requisition #

Stanford University is seeking a Research Data Analyst 2 to manage and analyze large amounts of technical or scientific information, typically with minimal supervision.

Stanford’s Department of Health Policy and Stanford Population Health Sciences (PHS) seek to hire a highly skilled individual as a full‑time researcher. The position is expected to start in June 2026, although the exact date is flexible and negotiable, for a one‑year term with potential renewal.

The researcher will work on projects involving Medicaid administrative data, studying policy impacts on low‑income children, women, and other Medicaid recipients. The role also includes curating and linking Medicaid data to electronic health record data from primary care and using the linked data for new research. The researcher will act as an expert resource and potential collaborator with Stanford students, faculty, and other researchers.

This position is ideal for candidates with experience working with Medicaid or claims data and an interest in economics or health policy. Successful candidates should exhibit strong attention to detail, time‑management skills, fluency in a relevant programming language (preferably Stata, SQL, and R), experience in data management and curation, ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously, and a willingness to learn new technical skills and gain knowledge in US health policy.

A PhD in economics, health policy, or a related field is preferred.

• Prioritize and extract data from a variety of sources such as notes, survey results, medical reports, and laboratory data, maintaining accuracy and completeness.
• Determine additional data collection and reporting requirements.
• Design and customize reports based on database content, overseeing regulatory compliance for data use.
• Use system reports and analyses to identify problematic data, correct issues, and eliminate root causes or provide justifications for solutions to be implemented by others.
• Create complex charts and databases, perform statistical analyses, and develop graphs and tables for publication and presentation.
• Serve as a resource for non‑routine inquiries such as requests for statistics or surveys.
• Test prototype software and participate in the approval and release process for new software.
• Provide documentation based on audit and reporting criteria to investigators and research staff.
• Develop and/or apply novel data curation, metadata, econometric, and analytic techniques and approaches to healthcare claims data, such as Medicaid data.
• Learn from and collaborate with renowned data science and health experts across Stanford on complex projects utilizing large‑scale administrative datasets.
• Implement data analysis through statistical programming.
• Mentor clinical investigators on relevant research methods.
• Identify appropriate statistical tools for analysis.
• Other duties may also be assigned.

The duties listed are typical examples of work performed by positions in this classification and are not exhaustive. Specific duties and responsibilities may vary.

Expected pay range: $108,002 to $128,138 per annum.

Stanford University provides a comprehensive rewards package. Detailed benefits information can be found on the Cardinal at Work website.

Stanford is an equal employment opportunity and affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

A PhD in economics, health policy, or a related field is preferred.

The PHS data core consists of commercial claims, EMR, registry, and other administrative data. Successful candidates will have expertise in health‑care claims data, data management, annotation, and the use of these datasets for population health.

Excellent verbal and written communication skills are desired for providing feedback, drafting scientific…